With the release of iOS 5, we had a chance to try out the upgrade on several devices belonging to us and family. The process, unfortunately, was rather inconsistent across devices, with some going smoother than others: iPad 2 w/3G, 64GB: This was the first device we opted to upgrade. We did a sync first, [...]
Microsoft recently sent out a heads-up to the masses that XBox Live will undergo another update later this year, adding some new multimedia capabilities like integration with certain cable television channels, as well as the long-ago-announced-but-never-realized IPTV integration.1 There’s even Kinect support, so XBox owners can speak commands to switch what they’re viewing. Not only [...]
Following up our post on handwriting apps for the iPad, we recently revisited some of the apps we tried, and replaced, with Notes Plus. We’ve been waiting for the new version of Notes Plus to hit the AppStore, but it’s likely still some weeks off, and in the meantime, the competition has released point releases [...]
The iPhone 4 is indeed a great phone, and Shawn Blanc summarizes how he uses the phone quite nicely over at his blog. In contrast, here’s our take. Unlike Shawn, we were a gadget-junky for phones for much longer. We started on the original Sprint cell phone back when they only had a single model, [...]
On the internet, you can find someone to complain about anything, including the internet and people on the internet who complain about people on the internet. And to be fair, many of those complaints hold water, and while we’re not saying that RSS is a perfect technology, Ars Technica’s Jacqui Cheng pronounced this marvel of [...]